Lord Brabazon of Tara: An exhibition entitled "Making the Act of Union 1707" will be formally opened on Tuesday12 June, in the Royal Gallery. The exhibition, which has been jointly funded by the House of Lords, the House of Commons, the Scottish Parliament and the National Archives of Scotland, brings together key documents connected with the Act, including the English and Scottish copies of the Articles of Union, for the first time since 1707.
	The exhibition will be on display in the Royal Gallery from 12 June to 24 August 2007. It will subsequently be displayed in the foyer of the Scottish Parliament from 21 September until 18 November 2007.
	Members of the public, accompanied by Members or staff of either House, will be able to visit the exhibition while it is on display in the Royal Gallery.
	In addition, free guided tours to the exhibition will be available for members of the public from 13 June to the rising of the House on 26 July, on Monday and Tuesday mornings. From 31 July until 24 August guided tours will be provided on Tuesday and Wednesday mornings. Tours can be booked by emailing: actofunion@parliament.uk.
	At the same time as the exhibition is opened a website devoted to the Act of Union will be launched on the parliamentary website at www.parliament.uk/actofunion. Additional information on how to book tours will also be provided online at this address.

Lord Rooker: The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (Paul Goggins) has made the following Ministerial Statement.
	I have today laid before this House a copy of the Oversight Commissioner's first statutory report for the year 2007 which was published on 31 May 2007, in accordance with Section 68(4)(a) of the Police (Northern Ireland) Act 2000.
	This is the final report of the Office of the Oversight Commissioner and the 10th report compiled by Al Hutchinson as Oversight Commissioner and the 19th in the series of oversight reports published since 2001. This final report of the Oversight Commissioner is a comprehensive assessment of the implementation of the Patten recommendations and is a fitting recordof the invaluable work of the policing Oversight Commissioner and his team of evaluators.